Detective Jack Starr investigates a murder that takes place shortly after Dr. Werner Frederick launches a campaign that blames comic books for corrupting America's youth, and the detective finds he has no shortage of suspects.
A study of the effects of comic books on children.
This book, thoroughly documented by facts and cases, gives the substance of Dr. Wertham's expert opinion on the effects that comic books have on the minds and behavior of children who come in contact with them.
The landmark early study of the power of the comic book, tracing many of the social challenges of young people, from illiteracy to delinquent impulses, to the widespread practice of...
Can Jack Starr, private eye to the funny-book industry, and his beautiful boss Maggie unravel the secret of Dr. Frederick's gruesome demise? Or will the crackdown come, falling like an executioner's axe.
Seduction of the Innocent